I have a controversial question; In the UK, they have blade runners who take down CCTV. I would have expected a more aggressive response in the USA, considering the culture. Is this not happening?

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sixo a day ago | parent | next [-]

Our anti-police-state faction is toothless, while the "aggressive" faction is the one trying to install the police state.

	▲	rainonmoon 19 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The gutless liberals that dominate your country’s preconceptions of “the left” are not your anti-police state faction, but you do their work for them by conflating the two. The anti-police state faction are the ones habitually being physically brutalised if not outright murdered by the cops while the media wags their finger at them for their apparent lack of civility.
	▲	esafak a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Toothless or defanged? https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/desi...

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rrix2 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Many of the flock cameras in my city were disabled by bashing in the solar panels or damaging the camera lens. Unfortunately, flock's contract is such that the city pays for repairs/replacement

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rationalist a day ago | parent | next [-]

Is there an inflection point at which the city would decide it's not worth renewing the contract?

	▲	mjevans a day ago \| parent [-]
		Given the utter lack of enforcement on actual nuisances (noise / burning violations, 'eyesore' / private property abuse via trash / abandoned things / unsanctioned business actives in residential zones, petty theft prevention / enforcement) and the aggressive enforcement on any revenue generation laws that target citizens who will responsibly pay? I anticipate the apathy to continue, and the bill to be passed along as some form of regressive tax.

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loteck a day ago | parent | prev [-]

What city is this?

	▲	chrneu a day ago \| parent [-]
		i live in oregon and a bunch of the flock cameras have been vandalized. a lot of the oregon towns/cities decided to cancel or not renew their contracts though, so I think they just let em get broken and then didnt pay to repair them.

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subscribed 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are not "taking down CCTV", they're destroying the infrastructure that lowers car fumes pollution. These cameras are not used for anything else.

You know, that thing killing school children: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/air-pollution-ella-kissi-debra...

The evidence for ULEZ is solid so seriously bringing it as an example of white knight activity whole they're at best malignant, brainwashed goons doesn't help anyone: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67653609

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AngryData a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Somewhat, but the legal cosequences for getting caught and brought to court if you don't have a few thousand to drop on a lawyer will screw up your life. So it happens less.

Not to mention the risk of dealing with trigger happy and corrupt cops.

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kobieps a day ago | parent [-]

Won't it will screw up your life in the UK too?

	▲	AngryData 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It isn't good but I doubt the UK punishment would be nearly as harsh or expensive and the possibility of death isn't on the menu when the cops come to arrest them.

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Shadowmist a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Go to their homepage and read about the drone capabilities.

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monkaiju a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean we're also increasingly being terrorized by our new gestapo, so far with limited resistance. We aren't really the "radical freedom defenders" we like to claim to be...

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crawfordcomeaux 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Americans are largely cowards. You can see this as we're still mostly afraid of accurately defining and educating about genocide and how we all contribute to it by going to work every day, as well as afraid of feelings that arise around it.

	▲	hackable_sand 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also afraid to pay reparations and give land back to natives. Both would be easier and cheaper than starting WWIII because sadge.

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john-h-k a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The noble blade runners who are valiantly fighting for… more air pollution